Barbara Wejnert
Biographic Data
| ID | 328551 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Wejnert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Wejnert |
| SIGNATURE | WEJNERT B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1738-5248 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 266 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Global Rise of Autocracy: Its Threat to a Sustainable Future
Tracing the Progress
The emergence of feminist development within the broader field of the sociology of development adds a critical lens to the research discourse on global and national development. Within the broader field of sociology, which traditionally focused on economic growth, social change, and poverty alleviation, feminist perspectives introduce critical analyses of gender dynamics and power structures. The infusion of feminist viewpoints has not only enhan…
Gender-Imbalanced Well-Being
The generally accepted notion that democratization yields positive outcomes for well-being may not be correct for all societal groups within a country. And outcomes may not be equal across countries with different levels of development, especially in the current era of the weakening of democracy and the rise of autocracy. This research focuses on the effects of weak democracy on the well-being of one of the disfranchised groups—women, who typical…
All Societies Die: How to Keep Hope Alive
This exciting and thought-provoking book provides a brief historical analysis of the causes of death of great civilizations by depicting factors that led to the collapse of powerful empires. Starting with the ancient Byzantine Empire and examination of causes of its end, the volume assesses a decline of the contemporary Nigeria and Eastern Syria robust regimes, the French revolution that ended the rule of the French monarchy, and environmental ca…
Effects of Market-Based Development on Women’s Empowerment: Impact on Families
Is diffusing global market-based development beneficial for women? Does it improve or hinder women's empowerment and in turn, the prosperity of their families? Is women's empowerment advantageous to the development of families and countries? The manuscript depicts and provides a critical review of variables of marker-based development that are relevant to women's empowerment (a) objectives of market-based development, (b) elements of the organiza…
On the Cross Road of Polity, Political Elites and Mobilization
This volume discusses the various interrelations that exist within and between social and political phenomena. This includes exploring the underlying social roots or origins of politics and power; the organisation, management, and process of political power structure; and the effects of political decision-making and power structures on the surrounding society and culture
Enabling Gender Equality: Future Generations of the Global World
Response to Kurt Weyland’s review of Diffusion of Democracy: The Past and Future of Global Democracy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Diffusion of Democracy: The Past and Future of Global Democracy
This book explores the course and causes of the worldwide diffusion of democracy through an assessment of the political and economic development of individual countries from the year 1800 to 2005. Using this extended range of data and examining multiple variables Barbara Wejnert creates a conceptual model for the diffusion of democracy and to measure national democratization. The author characterizes each nation's political system, its networking…
Voices of Globalization
Linking environment, democracy and gender
"This volume highlights the ways in which scholarly analysis has contributed to a rich understanding of the links between spreading democracy, gender equality, and environmental protection. Combining theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives, the volume includes cutting-edge debates on the meaning of democracy and the processes of its development, as well as the response of democracies to environmental and gender concerns. In particular, th…
Democracies: Challenges to Societal Health
Democratic Paths and Trends
In this text, Research in Political Sociology: Democratic Paths and Trends, the imperative and current issues of democratic trends are presented by scholars from Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. The volume addresses worldwide changes and developments of democratization from historical and contemporary perspectives. It presents discourses on the diffusion of democracy, paths of democratic transitions, worldwide trends towards dem…
Effects of Global Democracy on Women's Reproductive Health: 1970–2005, Cross-World Analysis
Despite many trends that have been commonly assumed to enrich societal well-being, this article posits that in addition to benefits there are also costs associated with democratization. This article comparatively analyzes the effects of democratic transition on women's health in democratizing well-developed as compared with developing countries across the world. Considering the junction of positive and negative outcomes of democratization, the au…
Charity or Entitlement Conundrum: Welfare Policies and Safe Motherhood in Impoverished Buffalo, New York
In contrast to the most industrialized Western nations, the United States faces great social and economic disparities and a deep gap between the socioeconomic strata. The child poverty rate is almost three times higher than in any other industrialized Western country, and single mother families represent 60% of all poor families in the United States. Concentrating on the situation of single mothers in impoverished Buffalo, New York, the authors a…
Maternal Health Policies in Countries in Transition: Poland and Kyrgyzstan, 1990–2006
Starting with the initiation of democratic and market economic transitions, unsupportive policies concerning women's reproductive health were implemented in Kyrgyzstan and Poland in the period 1990–2006. These policies were expressed by (1) political decisions limiting available funding to support medical practices protecting women's reproductive health, (2) diminishing or restricted dissemination of knowledge about family planning, and (3) the i…
Conceptual Framework for Integrating Holistic Perspectives and Approaches to Problems of Safe Motherhood
This article provides a conceptual framework for incorporating the array of variables defined in maternal health research in order to explicate their influence on problems of safe motherhood. Focusing an overview of the articles in this collection, in addition to strategies and policies needed from practitioners' perspectives and finding from case studies, research findings from a variety of countries are provided. Factors influencing positive ou…
From Patriarchy to Egalitarianism: Parenting Roles in Democratizing Poland and Kyrgyzstan
This paper offers an analysis of how parenting can be understood as an artifact that articulates and portrays the cultural, economic and political reality of transitional democratic vs. communist societies. In this framework, we specifically compare forms of family life and parental roles in the democratizing former Soviet countries: Poland and Kyrgyzstan. In these countries traditional culture, stemming in part from Moslem or Catholic traditions…
Diffusion, Development, and Democracy, 1800-1999
While a trend of growth in democratization over the past two centuries has been generally observed, it is the remarkable growth in the democratization of the world over the past 30 years that has truly captured the imagination of social scientists, policymakers, and the general public alike. Two major sets of factors have dominated studies attempting to predict democratization. One set characterizes endogenous or internal features of countries, a…
Integrating Models of Diffusion of Innovations: A Conceptual Framework
This chapter provides a conceptual framework for integrating the array of variables defined in diffusion research to explicate their influence on an actor's decision to adopt an innovation. The framework groups the variables into three major components. The first component includes characteristics of the innovation itself, within which two sets of variables are defined concerning public versus private consequences and benefits versus costs of ado…
Family Studies and Politics: The Case of Polish Sociology
This paper focuses on the connections between the evolution of the socio-political system and changes in the theory and substance of Polish research about families. Prior to the political transition of 1989, the methods and substance of Polish research in the field of sociology of the family were shaped by state politics. Evidence is presented that the political transformation in 1989 enlarged the field of subjects for study, while simultaneously…
Integrating Models of Diffusion of Innovations: A Conceptual Framework
This chapter provides a conceptual framework for integrating the array of variables defined in diffusion research to explicate their influence on an actor's decision to adopt an innovation. The framework groups the variables into three major components. The first component includes characteristics of the innovation itself, within which two sets of variables are defined concerning public versus private consequences and benefits versus costs of ado…
Diffusion, Development, and Democracy, 1800-1999
While a trend of growth in democratization over the past two centuries has been generally observed, it is the remarkable growth in the democratization of the world over the past 30 years that has truly captured the imagination of social scientists, policymakers, and the general public alike. Two major sets of factors have dominated studies attempting to predict democratization. One set characterizes endogenous or internal features of countries, a…
Effects of Global Democracy on Women's Reproductive Health: 1970–2005, Cross-World Analysis
Despite many trends that have been commonly assumed to enrich societal well-being, this article posits that in addition to benefits there are also costs associated with democratization. This article comparatively analyzes the effects of democratic transition on women's health in democratizing well-developed as compared with developing countries across the world. Considering the junction of positive and negative outcomes of democratization, the au…
From Patriarchy to Egalitarianism: Parenting Roles in Democratizing Poland and Kyrgyzstan
This paper offers an analysis of how parenting can be understood as an artifact that articulates and portrays the cultural, economic and political reality of transitional democratic vs. communist societies. In this framework, we specifically compare forms of family life and parental roles in the democratizing former Soviet countries: Poland and Kyrgyzstan. In these countries traditional culture, stemming in part from Moslem or Catholic traditions…
Maternal Health Policies in Countries in Transition: Poland and Kyrgyzstan, 1990–2006
Starting with the initiation of democratic and market economic transitions, unsupportive policies concerning women's reproductive health were implemented in Kyrgyzstan and Poland in the period 1990–2006. These policies were expressed by (1) political decisions limiting available funding to support medical practices protecting women's reproductive health, (2) diminishing or restricted dissemination of knowledge about family planning, and (3) the i…
Charity or Entitlement Conundrum: Welfare Policies and Safe Motherhood in Impoverished Buffalo, New York
In contrast to the most industrialized Western nations, the United States faces great social and economic disparities and a deep gap between the socioeconomic strata. The child poverty rate is almost three times higher than in any other industrialized Western country, and single mother families represent 60% of all poor families in the United States. Concentrating on the situation of single mothers in impoverished Buffalo, New York, the authors a…
Family Studies and Politics: The Case of Polish Sociology
This paper focuses on the connections between the evolution of the socio-political system and changes in the theory and substance of Polish research about families. Prior to the political transition of 1989, the methods and substance of Polish research in the field of sociology of the family were shaped by state politics. Evidence is presented that the political transformation in 1989 enlarged the field of subjects for study, while simultaneously…
Integrating Models of Diffusion of Innovations: A Conceptual Framework
This chapter provides a conceptual framework for integrating the array of variables defined in diffusion research to explicate their influence on an actor's decision to adopt an innovation. The framework groups the variables into three major components. The first component includes characteristics of the innovation itself, within which two sets of variables are defined concerning public versus private consequences and benefits versus costs of ado…
From Patriarchy to Egalitarianism: Parenting Roles in Democratizing Poland and Kyrgyzstan
This paper offers an analysis of how parenting can be understood as an artifact that articulates and portrays the cultural, economic and political reality of transitional democratic vs. communist societies. In this framework, we specifically compare forms of family life and parental roles in the democratizing former Soviet countries: Poland and Kyrgyzstan. In these countries traditional culture, stemming in part from Moslem or Catholic traditions…
Diffusion, Development, and Democracy, 1800-1999
While a trend of growth in democratization over the past two centuries has been generally observed, it is the remarkable growth in the democratization of the world over the past 30 years that has truly captured the imagination of social scientists, policymakers, and the general public alike. Two major sets of factors have dominated studies attempting to predict democratization. One set characterizes endogenous or internal features of countries, a…
Effects of Global Democracy on Women's Reproductive Health: 1970–2005, Cross-World Analysis
Despite many trends that have been commonly assumed to enrich societal well-being, this article posits that in addition to benefits there are also costs associated with democratization. This article comparatively analyzes the effects of democratic transition on women's health in democratizing well-developed as compared with developing countries across the world. Considering the junction of positive and negative outcomes of democratization, the au…
Charity or Entitlement Conundrum: Welfare Policies and Safe Motherhood in Impoverished Buffalo, New York
In contrast to the most industrialized Western nations, the United States faces great social and economic disparities and a deep gap between the socioeconomic strata. The child poverty rate is almost three times higher than in any other industrialized Western country, and single mother families represent 60% of all poor families in the United States. Concentrating on the situation of single mothers in impoverished Buffalo, New York, the authors a…
Maternal Health Policies in Countries in Transition: Poland and Kyrgyzstan, 1990–2006
Starting with the initiation of democratic and market economic transitions, unsupportive policies concerning women's reproductive health were implemented in Kyrgyzstan and Poland in the period 1990–2006. These policies were expressed by (1) political decisions limiting available funding to support medical practices protecting women's reproductive health, (2) diminishing or restricted dissemination of knowledge about family planning, and (3) the i…
Conceptual Framework for Integrating Holistic Perspectives and Approaches to Problems of Safe Motherhood
This article provides a conceptual framework for incorporating the array of variables defined in maternal health research in order to explicate their influence on problems of safe motherhood. Focusing an overview of the articles in this collection, in addition to strategies and policies needed from practitioners' perspectives and finding from case studies, research findings from a variety of countries are provided. Factors influencing positive ou…
Democratic Paths and Trends
In this text, Research in Political Sociology: Democratic Paths and Trends, the imperative and current issues of democratic trends are presented by scholars from Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. The volume addresses worldwide changes and developments of democratization from historical and contemporary perspectives. It presents discourses on the diffusion of democracy, paths of democratic transitions, worldwide trends towards dem…
Democracies: Challenges to Societal Health
Linking environment, democracy and gender
"This volume highlights the ways in which scholarly analysis has contributed to a rich understanding of the links between spreading democracy, gender equality, and environmental protection. Combining theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives, the volume includes cutting-edge debates on the meaning of democracy and the processes of its development, as well as the response of democracies to environmental and gender concerns. In particular, th…
Voices of Globalization
Diffusion of Democracy: The Past and Future of Global Democracy
This book explores the course and causes of the worldwide diffusion of democracy through an assessment of the political and economic development of individual countries from the year 1800 to 2005. Using this extended range of data and examining multiple variables Barbara Wejnert creates a conceptual model for the diffusion of democracy and to measure national democratization. The author characterizes each nation's political system, its networking…
Enabling Gender Equality: Future Generations of the Global World
Response to Kurt Weyland’s review of Diffusion of Democracy: The Past and Future of Global Democracy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
On the Cross Road of Polity, Political Elites and Mobilization
This volume discusses the various interrelations that exist within and between social and political phenomena. This includes exploring the underlying social roots or origins of politics and power; the organisation, management, and process of political power structure; and the effects of political decision-making and power structures on the surrounding society and culture
Effects of Market-Based Development on Women’s Empowerment: Impact on Families
Is diffusing global market-based development beneficial for women? Does it improve or hinder women's empowerment and in turn, the prosperity of their families? Is women's empowerment advantageous to the development of families and countries? The manuscript depicts and provides a critical review of variables of marker-based development that are relevant to women's empowerment (a) objectives of market-based development, (b) elements of the organiza…
All Societies Die: How to Keep Hope Alive
This exciting and thought-provoking book provides a brief historical analysis of the causes of death of great civilizations by depicting factors that led to the collapse of powerful empires. Starting with the ancient Byzantine Empire and examination of causes of its end, the volume assesses a decline of the contemporary Nigeria and Eastern Syria robust regimes, the French revolution that ended the rule of the French monarchy, and environmental ca…
Tracing the Progress
The emergence of feminist development within the broader field of the sociology of development adds a critical lens to the research discourse on global and national development. Within the broader field of sociology, which traditionally focused on economic growth, social change, and poverty alleviation, feminist perspectives introduce critical analyses of gender dynamics and power structures. The infusion of feminist viewpoints has not only enhan…
Gender-Imbalanced Well-Being
The generally accepted notion that democratization yields positive outcomes for well-being may not be correct for all societal groups within a country. And outcomes may not be equal across countries with different levels of development, especially in the current era of the weakening of democracy and the rise of autocracy. This research focuses on the effects of weak democracy on the well-being of one of the disfranchised groups—women, who typical…
The Global Rise of Autocracy: Its Threat to a Sustainable Future
Political science (18 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (13 works) · Democracy (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Democratization (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works)